[syn: immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span, spic, spick, spotless]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spick \Spick\, n. [Cf. Sw. spik. See Spike a nail.]
A spike or nail. [Prov. Eng.]
[1913 Webster]
Spick and span, quite new; that is, as new as a spike or
nail just made and a chip just split; brand-new; as, a
spick and span novelty. See Span-new. --Howell.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spick
adj 1: completely neat and clean; "the apartment was
immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-
and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" [syn:
immaculate, speckless, spick-and-span, spic-and-
span, spic, spick, spotless]
n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American
descent [syn: spic, spik, spick]